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Motorbikes and leathers
I am sick to my back teeth of this one.
I have said over and over again in main room that I do not wear leathers when riding on a Harley Davidson motorbike in a 30/50 km per hr zone; no one does in a 40°c + clime.
It can actually be dangerous wearing leathers at such a low speed, due to your body overheating beneath the leathers, consequently affecting your concentration on the road.
As for the accidents that happen to bikers, most are due to them driving at high speed, as in they’re doing the wrong speed for the road they’re using…hence not enough space/time to stop the bike in order to avoid the collision.
Leathers can protect you, but they’re not going to save your life if youre going too fast and unable to stop the bike in the right time/space; that’s down to you, using your common sense..
Hope you all get it this time.
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This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by
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Motorbikes and leathers I am sick to my back teeth of this one. I have said over and over again in main room that I do not wear leathers when riding on a Harley Davidson motorbike in a 30/50 km per hr zone; no one does in a 40°c + clime. It can actually be dangerous wearing leathers at such a low speed, due to your body overheating beneath the leathers, consequently affecting your concentration on the road. As for the accidents that happen to bikers, most are due to them driving at high speed, as in they’re doing the wrong speed for the road they’re using…hence not enough space/time to stop the bike in order to avoid the collision. Leathers can protect you, but they’re not going to save your life if youre going too fast and unable to stop the bike in the right time/space; that’s down to you, using your common sense.. Hope you all get it this time.
Always wear full boots all times. Friend lost a foot in a spill. Always use leathers unless seafront ride!
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I’m sorry to hear about your friend.
Boots can help, but they’re not going to save a foot, they are made of leather, not steel, depends how you fall and how much weight falls onto your foot,etc.
Some do however contain steel caps, but they would only be protecting your toes, not the whole foot and ankle, and anyway, there are some rather contradicting opinions on steel caps, some say that they are actually dangerous, as that they can act like a guillotine incase of a collision/spill/accident.
As I said above, you have to be very careful at all times on a bike and use common sense.
Most bikers (on the roads) behave as if they’re in a circuit.
Roads are not circuits, there are all sorts of obstacles on the roads, being they people, cars, animals, dodgy asphalt, oil, etc and they have to bear that in mind … and ride accordingly .
We have speed limits on roads for a reason.
Bikes are not for everyone.
Yes, because you’re not giving an opinion, merely emitting a sound.
cant answer for my brother whom owns a harley ‘fatboy’ . he wears crash helmet . decent riding boots and leather jacket. jeans are some sort of woven material also used in racing cars . carbon fibre based I think? as an ex police motorcyclist an traffic officer he has seen many incidents cars. bikes and pedestrians. not aware w get 40 C here in UK but have seen him in all his gear at 29 C .and yes he was hot and sweaty .. not a good look. I have commented about motor cyclists and he says two sides to a coin as card drivers do not look for them etc however he also admitted a lot of bikers do exceed limits and drive as though road rules do not apply. one stretch of road along old A13 in essex had numerous bikers getting hurt until highways had dozen or so keep left bollards installed and herring bones .no overtaking double lines etc and accident rate dropped to ‘zilch’ as an ex biker myself i am aware drivers do not look for bikers but bikers them selves are biggest influence in reducing accident to selves .
Always wear full boots all times. Friend lost a foot in a spill. Always use leathers unless seafront ride!
Absolutely. I still have the gravel rash scars down my right side, outside of elbow, knee etc where I slid 40 metres as a young man and of course all sensible ‘ bikers’, whatever the climate, wear the appropriate safety gear and especially important with heavier, more powerful machines.
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This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by Ge.
It was sunny – honest. Pic is my ugly mug and my baby! No leathers as was showing off to my sons’ camera on the seafront!
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Nothing to do with Bikes but can’t seem to manage create my own discussion and wanted post pics from this morning storms!
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